but for whatever reason their fate was very different. to any. there as crowds gathered in remembrance of those killed by the sinking of the volga pleasure boat it was the younger victims that seemed to cast the longest shadow. these schoolgirls had lost one of their classmates. at the most we study together for a year she never had arguments with a new one she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help. as divers reached the play room one of the ball daria's upper decks they found the bodies of the children that had gathered there just before the boat sunk. once inside the boat the bodies were everywhere in the corridors and cabins most of them were wearing the life west

divers now have the awful task of bringing the bodies to the surface those left behind can only wonder at how fast their families were torn apart. our colleague was on that ship she went on a cruise together with her family husband five year old son and also she was pregnant and was to deliver her second baby in august she is not found yet only her husband managed to survive she and her son died. and for those children left suddenly without parents the terrible truth they may not be able to comprehend for years when she lost her mother and father we're all but will have to look after and she's only want to know if years old knowledge did tell her we can't she wouldn't understand but there is much that people don't understand about this disaster reports about the ship's engines. failing about blocked emergency exits

and electricity failure that stopped any s.o.s. or evacuation instructions going out criminal cases have been opened into why two ships passing straight after the sinking didn't stop to pick up a single person and into why the aging vessel was allowed to sail in the first place but for those who have lost loved ones the case will never be closed on bottom. and on our website r.t. dot com you can read the account of one man who alone saved almost eighty people from the bulgaria many of praise the captain of the only ship that stopped and helped the stricken pleasure cruiser he modestly points to his crew and passengers as the real heroes he said that everyone was touched by what they saw and rushed to help without hesitation he went on to describe how quote they took their own clothes and gave them to the wounded there's more on this story on our website r.t. dot com. three explosions of struck the indian city of mumbai

reports at least twenty people have been killed and dozens injured our correspondent is in india for us. three bomb explosions occurred within minutes of each other and this happened in very crowded neighborhoods one was the famous jewelry market and there was a bomb that was said to be found in a jewelry shop also near the opera house in mumbai is in the western state of maharashtra obviously a very important city in india it's considered the financial capital here the ministry of home affairs ties that there is a terror attack the most recent terrorist attacks. in and eight with this period of shootings that happened in the taj hotel it was that two have been icelandic terrorists actually the pockets than the great service otherwise known as the i.s.i. were held responsible for those attacks back in two thousand and eight two years prior to that in two thousand and six another series of coordinated attacks that

happened on seven different trains in india that with that two have been the students islamic movement of india one by is still trying to deal with those two recent attacks then now this is happy and people are just left wondering how this could have occurred so soon after those two thousand and eight attacks proofreader that an islamic group called the indian mujahideen has reportedly claimed responsibility for these three explosions in mumbai that means the most likely to be an organized from abroad says. he's investigations that it's with the tokyo weekly magazine that in mumbai i spoke to in the new. well you know with. chad we will go on tell more do a lot of. your own are being formed because of this group and this group basically have logical international support for because of the border but i decide as we know to in this group i do you. feel like you can support from. the.

nation which way he can be six eleven let's get it done bob has been no julie in this town what do you feel the last seventy two years there have been providing logistical interventions uplift has been. exceedingly high dose in pakistan and a lot of them to come back into india and then he gets all the decor law emails. boxes back in pakistan and getting them to include them in your plan to get a strike eagle admission. in pakistan. rupert murdoch's media empire has announced it's to withdraw its bid to buy outright control of the u.k.'s biggest satellite broadcaster b. sky b. it's the latest twist to the phone hacking crisis the single for the company as the scandal goes global across the atlantic it's claimed that journalists try to bribe new york police officers for access to the voicemail of nine eleven victims u.s. senators are also now calling for their own investigation into news call british

prime minister david cameron has also demanded a probe into the nine eleven claims paul lashmar our here is an investigative reporter and head of journalism a bernal university in the u.k. told me earlier that the story's gone beyond the united kingdom and well beyond just hacking into voice mail. the events that we've seen over the last couple weeks strawberry what was the u.k. story is now that can tell you should know spread through news international of the u.k. right out now into united states and australia is quite a big threat to david cameron because it's the first time we've. scene his judgment quite clearly brought seriously into question the decision to use and be cool son who had been the editor of the news of the world when some of these events were taking place as his press advisor was clearly a very very bad judgment and it's striking him and he now is trying his best to make clear blue water between him and news international and now we've got the fact

that they appears to be in some hacking into gordon brown's private life you have to you have to start to wonder what else is in there and of course it's the height of the it's not just fun hacking it's now the use of what we call blankets these are people played to help train information from what should be private sources like medical records and tax records so it's it's the develop as we speak. the explosive mixture of media and politics in the hacking scandal that's gripping the world's attention is also discussed in today's edition of cross talk you can join peter live and his guests in the next hour but for now here's a quick preview. in this particular case with news of the world it looks more and more like you had reporters and editors who are engaging in criminal conduct there is no concept of free press anywhere in the world that enables journalists to break the law if someone hacked my voicemail i would love to see them in jail but if you

look at the criticisms that are being leveled at murdoch it goes far beyond that people are using this as an opportunity to attack him for his politics and for a straight and see as far as partisanship. and. cross talk a little later this hour the eurozone is being dealt a fresh blow as our debt is downgraded to junk status by the credit rating agency moody's concerns the country could need a second bailout this comes a week after portugal's rating was also reduced and follow speculation that italy too might soon ask for a helping hand pull enough will m.e.p. from northwest england told me earlier the latest developments prove that the single currency union is simply not working. this was always about politics it was not about economics the idea that you could have a commie in the mediterranean in line with economies like germany fast growing

economies like germany was never going to where the only way to get out of this mess is for those countries to go back home to their national policies to devalue to get growth moving. into exports going in at the moment they can't use their debt because they couldn't see these are controlled by frankfurt they're controlled by the european central bank they're not controlled by athens all it's been or even top of the people out on the streets in athens i just wonder how long it will be before the people out in the streets in rome run in lisbon until this thing is contagious this thing will move right across the continent specifically in the mediterranean the big issue now facing the european union is this really really is the third largest economy in the eurozone is based largest economy in the world i think the euro zone can actually cope with greece and portugal the smaller economies but it's italy goes the whole thing could cave in because if italy goes italy's economy intertwined with spain's and spain and this illegal then we are in

serious trouble the euro is inextricably to the whole project and it's linked to the european union if the eurozone goes quite frankly you can see this whole thing breaking go but that is why they're so desperate to keep it that's why this whole desperate to say that we in the u.k. a federal bailout the only way for these countries to survive is to break out of this prison which is the euro zone. and you can find more from r t on our website in addition to what you see here on screen we've got other news for you blogs and expert analysis here's what's lined up for you right now. snapshots from the starts you could soon be able to see a picture of yourself taken from all bit too special spy cameras installed at the international space station also on the web site of the moments from catwalk to cat fight world of beauty turns ardley far from model behavior to russian fashion show you can find out the full story behind the high heeled hostilities at r.t.

dot com. now let's update you on some other international news in brief in our world update thousands are protesting in the egyptian capital cairo for the sixth day running demanding the removal of the military council and threatening to expand their city into other cities and strangers are also calling for ousted president hosni mubarak and his aides to face prosecution for the killing of hundreds of protesters during the uprising in february the military as war protesters against using violence but said it wouldn't try to stop the rot. also in our world update the. brother of the afghan president hamid karzai has been buried in kandahar because i was murdered in his home there on choose day the taliban has described the assassination as their biggest achievement in ten years shortly after the ceremony two explosions were reported in kandahar and the regional governor narrowly escaped

a roadside bombing on his way to the funeral. well ahmed ali because i was often accused of having links with the illegal but highly lucrative afghan drugs trade the memory sponsible for the fight against drugs in russia says that a decade of military failures by coalition forces in afghanistan is only contributing to the problem and you can see the full interview in ten minutes from now here in r.t. but here's a brief look. into. this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference is a bit longer. but the situation in afghanistan improved and even senior officials like general petraeus for example commander of the military operation in afghanistan to put it says that the number of armed clashes that increase is year after year drug production cannot be fought because of the damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of closed circle that only one of those routes.

washington's proposed missile shield over europe remains the stumbling block in russian american relations that's according to foreign minister sergei lavrov who's currently on a visit to the united states and he's meeting secular state hillary clinton shortly after a brief talks with president obama hopefully we'll bring you live coverage of that meeting a little later as they trust the media but in the meantime marty got a scar and has more from our washington bureau. the meeting took place the meeting took place behind closed doors and there have been no statements afterwards so there's no way from knowing what they were actually discussing it could be the weather but they are definitely more pressing issues and one of the most irritating ones in the relations between the two countries is america's missile defense plans in europe president obama has scrapped the bush administration missile defense plans but they're going ahead with a new one foreign minister lavrov said where she needs legally binding guarantees that the project will not threaten russia's security washington has made reassuring

statements before but moscow needs to have it on paper some analysts explained this urge their washer has been getting everything on paper with promises in the past that were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed russia was assured that nato would not be expanding towards its borders but it did it continued recording new members so there is an understanding among the russians that words are good but words in a legally binding document are better on international issues there are certain disagreements and the are being discussed with regards to leave you for example for the lever of said colonel qaddafi must step down and there's no place for him in the future of libya and that's exactly a view shared by the obama administration as well but russia criticizes the scope of the foreign intervention in libya moscow sees the actions of the allied forces there as violation of the un mandate means to live or offset the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want with moscow seizes the west now clearly taking sides in a civil war and extending the conflict talking about syria for minutes the lab rove

said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and president assad and moscow sees it as the wrong attitude he said it sends the wrong message to the syrian opposition prompting them to believe that if they remain insistent in the situation keeps getting critical then the west will come to help them the way it is happening in libya. miss a lot of said it is unacceptable that the opposition from resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes and in fact really turning them into targets for the police and security forces the laws are different approaches as you can see and they are being discussed here. russia's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton about to speak to the media following talks in washington when the going to go live to listen in the hear what they have to say provoked fear and division. those who perpetrated them must know they cannot

succeed the indian people have suffered from acts of terrorism before and we have seen them respond with courage and resilience we are continuing to monitor the situation including the safety and security of american citizens our hearts are with the victims and their families and we have reached out to the indian government to express our condolences and offer support i will be traveling to india next week as planned i believe it is more important than ever that we stand with india deep deep in our partnership and reaffirm our commitment to the shared struggle against terrorism neither of our countries the russian federation or the united states unfortunately are strangers to terrorism and it has been a mutual goal of both of our presidents to increase our cooperation in order

to prevent terrorists from wreaking their violence on innocent russians americans and others and to bring those who do so to justice i also would like to convey condolences on behalf of the american people to those who suffered from the tragic sinking of the boat on the volga river. i am particularly as a mother extending my thoughts and prayers to all those mothers and fathers who are suffering the terrible loss of children. let me begin by saying that the past two and a half years has. it's been a time of great strides in the relationship between our countries we have signed a historic arms control treaty and opened a vital new land an air supply route to afghanistan we are cooperating on addressing iran's nuclear threat working to coordinate our diplomatic approach to

libya consulting closely on the changes unfolding in the middle east across the world we are not only working bilaterally but multilaterally on so many important issues from counterterrorism to nonproliferation. our challenge now is to continue and maintain the momentum in order to deliver more results for both of our people. to that and minister lavrov and i discussed missile defense cooperation i believe we do have an opportunity to address common challenges in a way that makes russians europeans and americans safer and we are committed to working with both russia and our nato allies to do so we also of course discuss the broader range of issues on which we are cooperating beyond security and arms control for example we strongly support russia's access into the

world trade organization russia's membership would allow us to increase trade and deepen our economic ties this is a high priority and a priority for president obama and the administration it's part of our broader global effort to promote a rules based system of economic competition. we also discuss the increasing emphasis within russia on. democracy and we obviously as i have said many times as our two presidents have discussed support the rights of russian civil society to assemble and speak freely of russian journalists and bloggers to monitor and report on official actions and of lawyers and judges to work independently to uphold the rule of law. i'm especially pleased that we were able to reach several new agreements first we are signing an agreement on interior

country adoptions we take very seriously the safety and security of children that are adopted by american parents and this agreement provides new important safeguards to protect them it also increases transparency for all parties involved in the adoption process and i want to thank senator mary landrieu the leader of the adoption caucus in the senate as well as congresswoman karen bass who are present with us second our negotiators have now concluded a visa agreement. we think this is especially important for our businesses so that businessmen and women can travel multiple times between our two countries over thirty six months on a single visa this is a big deal for those who are doing business and we are laying the groundwork for even more trade and travel. third we exchanged diplomatic notes

in the u.s. plutonium management and disposition agreement this brings into force a protocol that surrogate and i signed last year that commits both of our countries to dispose of no less than thirty four metric tons of weapons grade uranium on each side the equivalent of some seventeen thousand nuclear weapons and fourth we are renewing the protocol on the if. acts of radiation which allows our scientists to collect and analyze epidemiological data together with the cancer risks that come with exposure to radiation fifth our national aviation agencies today signed an air navigation services agreement that will increase air traffic control cooperation enhanced information sharing and ultimately make even more air traffic between our countries even safer this relationship then now involves cooperation in many different areas and the bilateral presidential commission that presidents obama and

medvedev began that mr lavrov and i have the honor of co-chairing has emerged as an important vehicle for pursuing our common interests and we are very committed to continuing to move our relationship forward and again i thank the minister for the excellent work that we have done together. with only this but there's the civil court to polish to proceed in some way to sentence her first of all i would like to say that i fully support the words of hillary clinton about the shelling in mumbai we condemn the people who organized this act and we extend our condolences to india and the government of india. counterterrorism has a special place in cooperation with the united states and we will be building up this cooperation everywhere including including afghanistan. and far east and other

regions in the world also i would like to express my gratitude for the condolences that madam clinton has just pronounced about the tragic shipwreck the volga river we appreciate these feelings of the american people towards us and we are grateful for. the warm reception to me and my delegation in the framework of this official visit this was a very useful visit and very busy visit i met mr obama in the white house and i had . negotiations with the state of the secretary yesterday i had a meeting with the senator of the united states of america and yesterday i also met russian americans who have a lot of interesting projects that aim to promote closer. cooperation of our. countries and also went to the broadcaster

who is a russian broadcaster voice of america and they are starting broadcasting in english in washington so we thank you very much for all the cooperation and speaking about our talks i fully. agree with the. assessment of presidential commission this was a very effective tool created by the two presidents is being coordinated by the state department and the foreign ministry there are eighteen working groups. who are working to the fullest extent in cooperation and cooperating and they have created two additional groups one for innovation which is very important for the positive agenda and our cooperation in the second one is for legal issues. which is also very important in our bilateral dialogue so we have considered. the current priority issues in our. relationship including the situation with.

i hope that we will be concluding the process of russia's accession to the w t o s and just recently here in washington. minister of economy of russia. and here in the beyond in the was here and during her meeting with president obama today in the white house. we have fully agreed on the necessity to conclude all the necessary formalities. and we have all the opportunities to do so and as far as i understood today there is the political will from the united states and now experts and must be working and they must use the political impulse and translated into practical agreements on paper we have paid a lot of attention to strategic stability and we see that the agreement is being. followed closely is being executed and the mechanism is functioning quite

effectively this is a bilateral consultative committee which has made a number of practical steps that are being stipulated by the agreement and we also discussed the importance. of. mutually acceptable solutions on the missile defense. we have noted that president obama. has. confirmed his readiness to reach understanding together with mr lebedev to reach an understanding of common policy and creating a strong political framework that would let us to start practical cooperation in this important sphere and i would like to also highlight the fact that today we have signed a number of very important agreements first of all i would like to know the

agreement on adoption issues our negotiating teams have been working very effectively this was the question of foreign ministry ministry of education and science and the ombudsman for the rights of children mr us the who is today present here and i think that. we will be going towards. implementing this agreement and this will help us get rid of the area tents that have been emerging quite rightfully in the public opinion connected to the destiny of russian children who were adopted in america we are very grateful to our american partners for helping us to reach this agreement and there are yet there are two and other agreements that we have signed and prolonged they have very long names but they are all about very simple and necessary for everyone every person

things those are lowering minimizing of risks that are connected with radioactive contamination on health and environment and the second thing the second agreement concerns plutonium. it is a very. real. contribution to nonproliferation. and in hand saying nuclear security. as. the secretary has just said we have. completed our work on visa regime it will be formalized very soon everything is ready everything has been agreed and. i may say even that this will open the way to developing our dialogue towards vis a free regime the same had been mentioned during vice president biden

visits to moscow and although two years ago probably this idea would have been deemed impossible today we see that we have all the opportunity is to have this kind of game in our cooperation with the united states which is being discussed by the. european union. today and about one hundred states all over the world have this a free regime with russia including israel and this is the president so. concerning bilateral. issues we have made an important stride today towards. exercising all those agreements and instructions by the presidents made at their recent meetings about adoption and visa simplifications the international part of our discussion are concerned not only some specific.